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Power

In this post, I talked about power relationship.  I suggested that, much of the time, we are not in power.  Someone else is.  Rather than resisting this power, I suggested ways we could deal with power.  One objection people will raise is this: That?s too subservient for me.  I am too proud.  Those are just other ways of phrasing, ?I want the power.? Well, why?  Why do you want power? Many view power as an end in itself.  Is that so?  Would power be worth having if you couldn?t do anything with it?  I suppose power could be seen as an abstraction like electricity or gravity.  It's just something cool that hangs out. Or power could be seen as something valuable only if useful...continue to full post

Full post as published by Crime & Federalism on September 08, 2008 (boomark / email).